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#OnDisplay: “Yannik (Breton Boy)” by Elizabeth Nourse
The exhibition Women’s Work, provided the McClung Museum with the opportunity to display several works of art from our collection […]
#OnDisplay: Lydia Field Emmet, “In Her First Youth”
Born into a family of female artists, Lydia Field Emmet (1866–1952) was among the first professional female portraitists in the […]
#OnDisplay: Vase by Sophie L’Eplattenier
One thing that was helpful about last year’s extended closure of the museum is that it gave our curators time […]
#MuseumFromHome: Matisse’s Mimosa
Today we are profiling a favorite museum object that’s not on display currently, but which is a piece that might […]
#OnDisplay: Henriette Wachman, “Nautch Girl”
Henriette Wachman, was part of a group of female artists who lived and worked in Europe in the late 1800s, […]
Museum in Progress
When the McClung Museum was forced to close in March 2020 due to Covid-19, staff quickly identified two major opportunities: […]
#AdoptAnObject: ‘The Fortune Teller,’ Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
We’re excited for you to follow along as we continue to launch new objects for our Adopt-an-Object Initiative! Today’s object […]
#OnDisplay: Hopi Basket Plaque
During the closure of the McClung Museum due to Covid-19, our staff have been hard at work installing new objects […]
#AdoptAnObject: ‘Toilette de Venus,’ Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
We’re excited for you to follow along as we continue to launch new objects for our Adopt-an-Object Initiative! We’ve already […]
#AdoptAnObject: “Tillie McClung,” by Lloyd Branson
Today’s Adopt-An-Object highlights an important Knoxville artist and family. Lloyd Branson (1853–1925) is one of Knoxville’s most celebrated artists. Branson […]